STAND. COM. REP. NO.  556

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 491

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 491 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to help ensure that the Sheriff Division of the Department of Public Safety meets proper law enforcement standards necessary to fulfill the requirements of the job.

 

Specifically, this measure requires the Department of Public Safety to seek and obtain accreditation for its Sheriff Division from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. by December 1, 2014.

 

     Your Committee received testimony from eight law enforcement officers and nine private individuals stating their support for this measure.  Testimony supporting the intent of this measure was submitted by the Department of Public Safety and one law enforcement officer.

 

     Your Committee finds that requiring accreditation of the Sheriff Division will help the Department of Public Safety ensure that proper law enforcement standards are met and upheld.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 491 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair